16th Fighter Aviation Regiment

16-й истребительный авиационный полк

Military Unit: 35488

Activated 5.38 as the 16th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO.

25.10.52 renamed 16th Fighter Aviation Regiment.

Disbanded 3.1.60.

Bases:

• Lyubertsy, Moscow Oblast, 1943 - 10.48 [55 41 37N, 37 49 56E]
• Ryazan, Ryazan Oblast, 10.48 - 22.12.51 [54 38 40N, 39 34 18E]
• Andun, China, 22.12.51 - 28.5.52 [40 01 26N, 124 17 05E] - via Mukden
• Mukden, China, 28.5.42 - 1.9.52 [41 52 18N, 123 26 19E]
• Saki, Crimean Oblast, 1.9.52 - 3.1.60 [45 05 30N, 33 35 56E]

Aircraft:

• I-16, 5.38-1941
• MiG-3, 2.41-1944
• Spitfire Mk.V, 5.43-1944
• Spitfire Mk.IX, 12.44-1950
• MiG-15, 1950-1955
• MiG-17, 1955-1960

Subordination:

• 319th Fighter Aviation Division PVO, 1944 - 6.46
• ?
• 97th Fighter Aviation Division PVO, 1.10.48 - 10.52
• 97th Fighter Aviation Division, 10.52 - 11.59
• 48th Air Army, 11.59 - 1.60